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dukeofkel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Murder, Classism, and Colonisation
Minor: Death of parent, Abortion, and Rape
rhiannonafternoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Body horror, Rape, Gore, and War
Minor: Pregnancy and Death of parent
aklovekorn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, Murder, Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Grief
maeverose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
-🦇 gothic atmosphere 🦇
-beautiful prose
-clashing religious beliefs
-hot priest
-forbidden romance
I loved this!!! This was my first real horror novel (besides Dracula), I usually avoid horror because I really dislike gore, but this one sounded like it was tame enough gore-wise so I took a risk and I’m so glad I did. This felt a bit like a classic gothic novel. I LOVE the writing style. I’m a sucker for beautiful writing. That first chapter. Yes. I was a little surprised how much focus the romance got, but I’m not complaining at all because that was actually my favorite part, unexpectedly. This felt like a pretty even mix of historical romance, gothic horror and fantasy, which apparently is my thing. I need to find more.
The only negatives I can think of are that after finishing the book I can see how some things might’ve been a bit predictable to more avid horror readers, but I actually didn’t predict anything while reading lol. And secondly, I was never actually all that scared while reading.. I only found a few scenes a bit scary, about two thirds into the book. I think because a lot of the horror elements are so fantastical it didn’t really phase me? I’m more scared by real life horror (and there is a bit of that in this book too). It also didn’t have a ton of suspense, it kind of just throws stuff at you pretty early on after Beatriz moves in.
Anyway I need to go buy a copy of this book now
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Racism, Vomit, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, War, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Rape
As someone who doesn’t like gore, I’d say it was pretty mild. Only really injury descriptions (some detailed), blood, and a description of a partially decomposed body. I was fine reading it, but if you’re especially sensitive I’d say be careful. Minor memory loss from a concussion, and to my fellow hyperhidrosis sufferers: there is a negative sweaty hands/face comment in here :/amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Alcoholism, Abortion, Alcohol, Sexual violence, and Rape
erandle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Gaslighting, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation
Minor: Abortion, War, Rape, and Pregnancy
thelittlestmermaid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Abortion, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Rape, and War
lizgriffinwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent
shannananahey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Blood, Abortion, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Physical abuse
kaylinvm94's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism
Minor: War, Abortion, and Rape